One night, Sawatari Shusui (Kitaoji Kinya) saves a geisha named Osode (Sakurada Junko) from a ninja attack. Osode's mother is said to be carrying the child of the shogun, Tsunayoshi (Nagato Hiroyuki), and has hidden herself on Hachijo ...See moreOne night, Sawatari Shusui (Kitaoji Kinya) saves a geisha named Osode (Sakurada Junko) from a ninja attack. Osode's mother is said to be carrying the child of the shogun, Tsunayoshi (Nagato Hiroyuki), and has hidden herself on Hachijo Island. Shusui heads to Hachijo to verify the truth. Meanwhile, Shusui had heard from Tsunayoshi that he was planning to appoint the Kofu Chancellor, Tokugawa Tsunatoyo (Natsuyuki), as the next shogun, but Sumi's father, Makino Bizen no Kami (Narita Mikio), whose daughter was pregnant with Tsunayoshi's child, was planning to have his daughter's child ascend to the shogunate and seize real power. Amidst all this, Shusui, along with Osode and his servant, Sasao Yoshinari (Sakai Masasho), sets foot on Hachijo Island and meets Tsunayoshi's son, Kotaro (Yamamoto Yoichi), who was born to Osode's mother. But then a group of ninjas attacks.
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